1893 - 1978
James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 – February 11, 1978) was an American chemist, a transformative President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. Conant obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard in 1916. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army, where he worked on the development of poison gases, especially Lewisite. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James B. Conant has received more than 278,402 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). James B. Conant is the 468th most popular chemist (down from 456th in 2019), the 6,302nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,272nd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Chemist.
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Among chemists, James B. Conant ranks 468 out of 509. Before him are Caleb Bradham, Hans Goldschmidt, Theodor Curtius, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Christopher Kelk Ingold, and Jan Szczepanik. After him are Heinrich Rose, Carl Theodore Liebermann, Masatoshi Shima, John Mayow, Michael Behe, and Hieronymous Theodor Richter.
1867 - 1934
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 462
1861 - 1923
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 463
1857 - 1928
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 464
1731 - 1799
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 465
1893 - 1970
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 466
1872 - 1926
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 467
1893 - 1978
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 468
1795 - 1864
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 469
1842 - 1914
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 470
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 471
1640 - 1679
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 472
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 473
1824 - 1898
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 474
Among people born in 1893, James B. Conant ranks 193. Before him are Chang Taek-sang, Arthur Benjamin, Ramón Encinas, Norman Bel Geddes, Christopher Kelk Ingold, and Jimmy Durante. After him are Enrique Peñaranda, Robert Harron, Nurul Amin, Cornelius Lanczos, Toti Dal Monte, and Joseph Alzin. Among people deceased in 1978, James B. Conant ranks 167. Before him are Ethelda Bleibtrey, Ali Soilih, Giuseppe Impastato, Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, Willy Hansen, and Greta Johansson. After him are John Lyng, George Moscone, Germain Derycke, Will Geer, Victor Hasselblad, and Philip Ahn.
1893 - 1969
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 187
1893 - 1960
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 188
1893 - 1967
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 189
1893 - 1958
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 190
1893 - 1970
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 191
1893 - 1980
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 192
1893 - 1978
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 193
1893 - 1969
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 194
1893 - 1920
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 195
1893 - 1974
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 196
1893 - 1974
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 197
1893 - 1975
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 198
1893 - 1930
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 199
1902 - 1978
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 161
1937 - 1978
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 162
1948 - 1978
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 163
1902 - 1978
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 164
1906 - 1978
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 165
1895 - 1978
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 166
1893 - 1978
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 167
1905 - 1978
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 168
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 169
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 170
1902 - 1978
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 171
1906 - 1978
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 172
1905 - 1978
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 173
Among people born in United States, James B. Conant ranks 6,302 out of 18,182. Before him are William E. Thornton (1929), Gary Gygax (1938), John Podesta (1949), Christopher Judge (1964), Jorge Garcia (1973), and Lucius Shepard (1943). After him are Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), Alan Ruck (1956), L. Q. Jones (1927), Michael Bowen (1957), Gil Scott-Heron (1949), and John Wooden (1910).
1929 - 2021
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 6,296
1938 - 2008
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 6,297
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 6,298
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 6,299
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 6,300
1943 - 2014
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 6,301
1893 - 1978
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 6,302
1930 - 2020
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,303
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,304
1927 - 2022
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,305
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,306
1949 - 2011
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,307
1910 - 2010
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,308
Among chemists born in United States, James B. Conant ranks 82. Before him are Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Eric Betzig (1960), Donella Meadows (1941), Isabella Karle (1921), Maclyn McCarty (1911), and Caleb Bradham (1867). After him are Michael Behe (1952), Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), Helen Murray Free (1923), George M. Whitesides (1939), James Crafts (1839), and Allen J. Bard (1933).
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 76
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 77
1941 - 2001
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 78
1921 - 2017
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 79
1911 - 2005
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 80
1867 - 1934
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 81
1893 - 1978
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 82
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 83
1856 - 1931
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 84
1923 - 2021
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 85
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 86
1839 - 1917
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 87
1933 - 2024
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 88